Charles R. Buckalew

Charles Rollin Buckalew (28 December 1821-19 May 1899) was a US Senator from Pennsylvania (D) from 4 March 1863 to 4 March 1869 (succeeding David Wilmot and preceding John Scott), a member of the US House of Representatives (D-PA 11) from 4 March 1887 to 3 March 1889 (succeeding John B. Storm and preceding Joseph A. Scranton), and from PA-17 from 4 March 1889 to 3 March 1891 (succeeding Edward Scull and preceding Simon P. Wolverton).

Biography
Charles Rollin Buckalew was born in Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania in 1821, and he became a lawyer in 1843. He served in the state senate before serving in the US Senate from 1863 to 1869 and in the US House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891, serving as a Democrat. He was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States, and his system of cumulative voting was in place in Illinois from 1870 to 1890. He died in 1899.